Improvement in index-tags for books



E. M. OABEN. a Index-Tag for'Books;

No. 204,196. Patented May 28,1878.

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ATTORNEYS.

N-PETERS, FMOTWLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIDA M. GAPEN, OF CHARLTON DEPOT, MASSAOEUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INDEX-TAGS FOR BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,196, dated May 28, 1878 application filed June 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIDA MARIA CAPEN, of Charlton Depot, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Index-Tag for Books, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to furnish tags for the leaves of dictionaries and other books requiring to be alphabetically indexed; and the nature of my invention consists in a metal tag which is split lengthwise, so as to form two clamping-jaws, thatv are caused to gripe the edge of the leaf of a book by means of a prong or rivet, as will be understood from the following description.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows a book with my improved tags applied to its leaves. Figs; 2 and 3 show the construction of the tag.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter a designates my improved tag,

which is an elongated fiat piece of metal having one end rounded. This rounded end of the tag is solid, and the solid portion terminates in a split portion, forming two clampthere will not be any strain on the prong or rivet c in using the tag. Consequently there will be no liability of tearing the paper.

The letters may be stamped, engraved, or

printed on the tags.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As a new and improved article of manufacture, the metal tag for the leaves of books, formed with serrated jaws b b and a prong or rivet, c, substantially as specified.

ELIDA MARIA OAPEN.

Witnesses N. M. NYE, ETTA M. LYFoRD. 

